Description
How should believers navigate the realities of mental illness and madness?
How do you pull someone out of the pit of depair or walk them away from the paralysis of hear?
Is mental illness just the result of a broken brain or chemical imbalance?
What are the physical and spiritual ramifications of common psychoactive drugs?
These are some of the questions that will be considered from a Biblical perspective in this primer.
All mankind faces the consequence of living in a fallen world with a desperately wicked heart under the curse of Adam. Subsequently, the diverse spectrum of challenges in a fallen world can induce anxiety, depression, mania and self-deception, which should be expected and considered normal unless deterred by Christ and His Word.
A Biblical Primer on Madness seeks to provide Pastor's, Christians, and Churches the Biblical tools to navigate modern theories and to address the underlying heart issues of madness. In short, it directs individuals to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ "who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver..."